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Re: XFree86 4.2.0
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 08:04:45PM -0500, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > XFree86 4.2.0 has been tagged and the binaries are showing up on
> > ftp.xfree86.org now.
> >
> > Are we bothering with a distribution as per the normal XFree86 approach?
> > or is anyone working on distributing XFree86 4.2.0 via the setup.exe
> > mechanism ?
> >
> > Alan.
>
> Alan,
>
> Well, we have to make a standard XFree86-style distribution for now,
> regardless of the state of anyone working on using setup.exe to install
> Cygwin/XFree86. See, the documentation won't get re-written over night, so
> we'll be providing a standard XFree86 distribution until a setup.exe-based
> distribution is working and documented.
>
> That's pretty logical right?
>
Sure.
> I'm pulling the xf-4_2-branch tree right now. I might build a distribution
> within a couple days.
>
I'll do it today and get it up on ftp.xfree86.org. If anyone else can
pull it across to the cygwin machine that'd be good.
Alan.